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Testicular Sarcoidosis: Diagnostic Approach and Management Strategies

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disorder which, in rare cases, can affect the urogenital tract. The clinical presentation of this benign inflammatory disorder can easily mimic that of testicular malignancy. Therefore, it is crucial to differentiate between these two entities, as misdiagnosis may lead t...

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Autores principales: Ballet, Brice, Roelandt, Marc, Lockefeer, Fabrice, Thüer, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7883556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33614320
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12715
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description Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disorder which, in rare cases, can affect the urogenital tract. The clinical presentation of this benign inflammatory disorder can easily mimic that of testicular malignancy. Therefore, it is crucial to differentiate between these two entities, as misdiagnosis may lead to unnecessary surgical interventions, which have important implications for future fertility. While testicular cancer must always be ruled out, sarcoidosis should be considered in all patients presenting with a testicular mass. Here, we present a case of sarcoidosis with bilateral epididymal and testicular involvement. The diagnosis was made by frozen section and the patient was treated with corticosteroids.
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spelling pubmed-78835562021-02-18 Testicular Sarcoidosis: Diagnostic Approach and Management Strategies Ballet, Brice Roelandt, Marc Lockefeer, Fabrice Thüer, David Cureus Urology Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disorder which, in rare cases, can affect the urogenital tract. The clinical presentation of this benign inflammatory disorder can easily mimic that of testicular malignancy. Therefore, it is crucial to differentiate between these two entities, as misdiagnosis may lead to unnecessary surgical interventions, which have important implications for future fertility. While testicular cancer must always be ruled out, sarcoidosis should be considered in all patients presenting with a testicular mass. Here, we present a case of sarcoidosis with bilateral epididymal and testicular involvement. The diagnosis was made by frozen section and the patient was treated with corticosteroids. Cureus 2021-01-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7883556/ /pubmed/33614320 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12715 Text en Copyright © 2021, Ballet et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ballet, Brice
Roelandt, Marc
Lockefeer, Fabrice
Thüer, David
Testicular Sarcoidosis: Diagnostic Approach and Management Strategies
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title_full_unstemmed Testicular Sarcoidosis: Diagnostic Approach and Management Strategies
title_short Testicular Sarcoidosis: Diagnostic Approach and Management Strategies
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7883556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33614320
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12715
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